Download or read book Old Time Nautical Instruments Classic Reprint written by John Robinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old-Time Nautical Instruments Based on this instrument, by laying out the circle on a table, John Davis, the explorer, devised his quadrant in 1586. At first the observer used it by facing the sun, as the cross-staff had been used, but a better form was made later where the observer had the sun at his back. This instrument has been called by sailors jackass quad rant and, supposedly from its shape, hog yoke. In early books on navi gation it is called sea quadrant. The earlier form used by the observer standing back to the sun had a solid shade vane which slid along the smaller arc of the instrument. By adjusting this a little short of the sup posed altitude oi the sun and sighting the horizon through the minute hole in the sight vane until it was seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Time Nautical Instruments written by John H. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Old time Nautical Instruments written by John Robinson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Old Time Nautical Instruments written by John Robinson and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Old Time Nautical Instruments written by John Robinson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Old-Time Nautical Instruments" by John Robinson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Screw Propeller written by A. E. Seaton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Screw Propeller: And Other Competing Instruments for Marine Propulsion Some thirty-two years ago, when engaged in putting forth the Manual of Marine Engineering, I could not find a single book on the Screw Propeller, or any text book containing such information on it as would enable a draughtsman to get out the leading dimensions, and much less to make a complete design of a screw suitable for any particular ship and conditions. At that time John Bourne's admirable book on the Screw Propeller was not only out of print, but out of date, and I fear no engineer could at any time have designed a screw which would give satisfactory results from what was contained in it. It was, however, many years after that I first saw his work, and my wonder then, as now, is that such a book was allowed to disappear, seeing how much of interest it contained. But perhaps the strongest comment on the knowledge of the screw propeller at that time is in the admission of the then engineer-in-chief of the British Navy, that he had settled the design of those for so very important a ship as the Iris, intended to be the fastest ship in the Navy, by copying that of h.m.s. Himalaya, a ship built in 1854, with the result that the British Admiralty, with all its knowledge and opportunities, with all its records of tests and trials, perpetrated a blunder never equalled in the history of steam navigation, although in the mercantile marine there had been not a few mistakes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Tools written by Dennis Fisher and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings is for people who like to work with their hands and who appreciate traditional nautical craftsmanship. You don't have to be the master of any craft to undertake any of these projects--from a simple kamal or latitude hook to the more complex pelorus or octant--just a careful and enthusiastic worker. These 18 projects fall roughly into three categories: decorative, useful, and somewhere in between. Some, such as the astrolabe, are mainly for display. On the other hand, the sounding line is an important and practical tool for small-craft navigation, particularly in the absence of an electronic sounder. The cross-staff falls somewhere in between, equally at home in the den or the ditch kit. Each of the devices discussed here--with simple, proven building instructions complemented by clear illustrations--has at one time or another been used for the practical business of navigation, and each is worth reviving for its beauty, historic value, or sheer usefulness. Dennis Fisher has designed these projects with an emphasis on simplicity and reasonable cost. Everything can be scratch-built using easily obtainable materials and tools, and each is true to the spirit and function of the original instrument.
Download or read book Reprint of studies on nautical instruments written by Fuat Sezgin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventures of Captain Horn Classic Reprint written by Frank Richard Stockton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Adventures of Captain Horn The sea had become almost quiet, and there was time enough to do everything orderly and properly, and in less than three hours after the vessel had been struck, the two boats, containing all the crew and the passengers, besides a goodly quantity of provisions and water, and such valuables, clothing, rugs, and wraps as room could be found for, were pulling away from the wreck. The Captain, who, with his passengers, was in the larger boat, was aware that he was OH the coast of Peru, but that was all he certainly knew of his position. The storm had struck the ship in the morning before he had taken his daily observation, and his room, which was on deck, had been carried away and in it every nautical instrument on board. He did not believe that the storm had taken him far out of his course, but of this he could not be sure; all that he knew with certainty was that to the eastward lay the land, and eastward, therefore, they pulled, a little compass attached to the Captain's watch guard being their only guide. For the rest of that day and that night and the next day and the next night, the two boats moved eastward, the people on board suffering but little inconvenience, except from the labor of continuous rowing, at which everybody, excepting the two ladies, took part, even Ralph Markham being willing to show how much of a man he could be with an car in his hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Special Exhibition of Nautical Instruments Chiefly Old Forms in the Marine Room of the Peabody Museum Salem Mass February 1 to May 31 1907 written by Peabody Museum of Salem and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Special Exhibition of Nautical Instruments Chiefly Old Forms written by Peabody Museum of Salem and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standard Public Time Classic Reprint written by Harvard College Observatory and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Standard Public Time The method ordinarily used by the jewellers and amateurs is inexact. With a transit instrument, mounted on top of his house, or in some convenient Spot in his yard, and provided with.his cbro nometer and nautical almanac, the observer takes his position on the first clear night, to bring his instrument into the meridian. He Singles out Polaris by means of the two pointers in the Dipper, and, pointing his telescope so that Polaris is bisected in its field of view by the middle micrometer wire, he keeps Polaris steadily on the wire, by moving the instrument bodily until the chronometer denotes the time of the star's transit. With very little regard for the exact levelling of the horizontal axis of the transit, he then aligns a mark of some kind in the meridian, and waits until the next noon-day sun shall give him the Opportunity of determining his chronometer error with the mininum of computation. This method can never be adequate, either for the regu lation of the better grades of clocks and watches or for furnishing the public time; for our standard of time, like our standards of weights and measures, should be exact. In using the transit instrument in this manner. The jeweller assumes, first, that the east and west axis is truly horizontal; second, that its bearings are perfectly symmetrical, and symmetrically placed third, that the line of collimation of the telescope coincides with a line joining the central point of the micrometer with the optical centre of the object-glass, and also coincides with the meridian; and, fourth, that this line is perpendicular to the east and west axis. Now, in reality, even in the most perfectly constructed instruments of our large observatories, all of these sources of error are assumed to exist; and, with each determination of time, a number of observations are made, having in view the object solely of determining the exact amount of each of these errors and the position of the instrument used. Thus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Taking the Stars written by Peter Ifland and published by Krieger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text focuses on the history of the development of hand-held celestial navigation instruments, offering descriptions of the tools used. It also includes a glossary of technical terms.
